Improvement in machines for goring gaiters



^ JSEPH WALDEN.

Machine for Goring Gaiters.

Patented May 7,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OSEPH WALDEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR GORING GAITERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosErH WALDEN, of Newark, Essex county, State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Machine to be used in theManufacture of Ladies7 or Gentlemenls Con gress or Elastic Gaiters; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters of reference marked thereon and forming a part of thisspecification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represcnts a perspective view of my improvedmachine for making elastic gaiters 5 Fig. 2, a detached view of part ofthe same.

The object of my invention is to lessen the labor and thus facilitatethe manufacture of ladies, or gentlemenls congress or elastic gaiters;and consists in a solid platform or plate, A, iirmly secured to asuitable table, B. On the top or face of said plate A, and crossing itobliquely, are two grooves, a a, the object of which will be hereinafterset forth. To the back end of said plate A are hinged a press or guideplate, G, and press-plates d d,- said pressplates d d being united atthe front or top ends by a thin plate, e,which is secured to theaforesaid plates d d by screws. In the end of the guide-plate G is aspring-catch, which, when required, catches on the plate e and holdssaid guide-plate between the press-plates d d. Extending nearly acrossand pressing lightly against the face of the plate A are two lightspring-plates, c c, which are secured at the back ends to suitablelevers o o, said levers being secured to the pin n, which forms thepivot to the hin ge on the back end of the plate A. The lon g arms ofsaid levers o o are connected together by means of a rod, m. At

the rear of the plate A, and pressing upward,

against the levers o o, is a spring, s, which serves to keep thespring-plates c o bearing against the face of the plate A. Secured tothe back ends of the plates d d is a plate, P

connected with a treadle, G, beneath the table, by means of a rod, r;said plate P being so formed as that when the treadle is presseddownward, bringing the press-plates d d in a linafter shown.

Having thus described the construction of my machine, I will now proceedto describe its Operation.

In the first place the operator, being seated in front of the machine,will, by pressing upon the treadle, or by hand, raise the plates d d andC to an upright position, and, by pressing gently upon the treadle,raise slightly the spring-plates c c, and slipping the lining of thegaiter beneath the said plates c c so that the parts to which theelastic gore is fastened covers the grooves a a, when the spring-platesc c are released, and pressin g upon the linin g holds it in its place.The linin g is then creased in the grooves a a and the edges folded on aline with said grooves. The elastic gore is then placed on the lining,the edges of the parts being first properly gummed, and the press orguide plate O is let down upon the gore, leaving a margin on each sideof it-say, a quarter of an inch. The outside pieces are then placed inposition with the edges against the guide-plate C, when the press-platesd d are let down upon them, pressing the parts together and secnrin gthem. When sufficiently dry, the plates d d and O and the spring-platesc c are raised and the goods removed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The grooved platform A, snbstantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth and described.

2. ln combination with said platform A the spring-plates c c,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and described.

3. In combination with the platform A the plates d d and O,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and described.

JOSEPH WALDEN.

VVitnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, J As. HINCHCLIEF.

